Shake off the Sugar Cookbook [Paperback]

Lynn Stephens (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1589393031 | ISBN-13: 978-1589393035 | Publication Date: January 29, 2003

Reap the benefits of controlling your carbohydrates and following a low glycemic dietary lifestyle. The Shake Off the Sugar Cookbook was specially created as a guide for starting and staying on a healthy, low carbohydrate diet. Offering more than 275 scrumptious recipes, you'll find a glycemic index, shopping tips, nutrition information, as well as food exchanges and calorie counts for diabetics and others who need them. Whether you are in need of losing weight, diabetic, insulin resistant, or just want to make healthy dietary changes, this book provides a way to help you with those important lifestyle choices.

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Whether you are in need of losing weight, diabetic, insulin resistant or just want to make healthy dietary changes, this book provides a way to help you with those important lifestyle choices.

About the Author

Lynn Stephens has always had a special interest in nutrition and creating delicious, healthy dishes. After discovering the benefits of a low carb/low glycemic diet and seeing the results in her own family, she began to compile her new recipes, along with the practical tips and strategies she learned from research and experience. During this time, she dropped from a size 12 to a size 6/8 and has kept her weight off more than six years. She saw her husband's triglycerides drop by more than 100 points and other family members had improved blood chemistries by eating dishes prepared from her recipes and following the precepts of a healthy, controlled carbohydrate diet.It is her hope that others will also reap the benefits of this healthy diet.

Product Details

• Paperback: 284 pages
• Publisher: Virtualbookworm.com Publishing (January 29, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1589393031
• ISBN-13: 978-1589393035
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,393,560 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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46 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Cookbook You Will Use, March 29, 2003

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Wendy (Richmond, Va United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shake off the Sugar Cookbook (Paperback)

After using the wonderful recipes on the website, I decided to order the Shake Off the Sugar Cookbook. I like the larger size of the book, which makes it easy to read while using it in the kitchen. This book includes many delicious everyday recipes, but also contains recipes for entertaining. You can have a lovely dinner party using this book, and every guest would enjoy their meal. The yummy recipes often use whole grains, healthy fats and are formulated with extra fiber. It is also nice to have the glycemic index handy, along with all the other helpful information about how to follow a nutritious low glycemic or low carbohydrate diet. Some of the tips and advice are written as lists, making them easy to read and understand. I highly recommend this cookbook for anyone wanting to improve his or her diet.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Cookbook, March 23, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Shake off the Sugar Cookbook (Paperback)

I love this cookbook and am mystified by the negative review. The recipe instructions are easy to follow and the results are delicious, healthy dishes. This book has helped me to focus on all the wonderful foods I can have on a low glycemic diet, and I no longer feel deprived of great tasting foods. Even better, I no longer crave sweets after following the author's easy-to-understand advice. In fact, many sweetened foods now taste unpleasantly sweet to me. In addition, my triglycerides and cholesterol are down and I feel better than I have in years.

The whole family can enjoy and benefit from these recipes without feeling they are on a "diet". No need to cook separate dishes for yourself. Even my daughter, who is in college and suffers from PCOS, has learned to choose her foods more carefully by reading the first part of this book. She is losing weight and received improved results from her last blood tests.

I like the variety of recipes, from appetizers to desserts. The meat recipes are interesting and varied, and every one I have tried has been delicious. The whole wheat cheese bread is especially good - better than other whole wheat bread recipes I have tried. I also love both the cheese and nut pastry recipes that make a super substitute for pastry with refined flour.I highly recommend this cookbook. This cookbook doesn't sit on my shelf. I actually use it!

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Helpful Cookbook & Guide, March 8, 2004

By A Customer

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This review is from: Shake off the Sugar Cookbook (Paperback)

This well-organized cookbook has been very helpful to me. I have owned this book for nearly a year, and I still use it fairly often. It contains great recipes using ingredients I can find easily in local grocery and health food stores. My family enjoys the dishes without feeling deprived, and we have all lost weight.

I had no idea as to how to begin making the changes to a low carb lifestyle. This book has guided me in making healthy changes in my diet and that of my family with advise, a variety of recipes, from breads to entrees to desserts. We are now cooking with whole grains, more fiber and healthier carbs and better understand the importance of making low glycemic food choices. Unlike a previous reviewer, I know how tricky it is to substitute whole grains for white flour. Whole grains are more nutrient rich than the refined flours, and many of the recipes in this cookbook have added fiber like oat and wheat bran. Although alternative sweeteners can often be substituted for sugar to achieve the same sweetness, the resulting dish can be a disappointment. This book contains recipes that combine sweeteners like granular alternatives, fructose, and agave, maintaining good taste and a decent texture in the recipes. I appreciate having recipes where the glitches have been worked out of this time-consuming substitution process.

The Shake Off the Sugar Cookbook has helped me to focus on the amount of fiber that is in the foods I choose. The simplified, straightforward suggestions for following a low glycemic diet, as well as the handy glycemic index of carbs, is also a nice resource to keep in the kitchen. Each recipe has nutrition counts, even food exchanges for diabetics. I highly recommend this book.